#Victims

Dan Rebellato

DanRebellato

Phil Spector is a sharp and difficult case for the debate about whether an artist’s biography should or should not affect your judgment of their work. 1/ Phil Spector is

Shant Mesrobian

ShantMM

So I have an analogy that I think is useful for understanding our current obsession with victimhood — one that I think is more constructive than the common critiques. In

Ms. Vanessa B!, 34 Openly Black 🏳️‍🌈

pleasantlytwstd

Now then.Let's talk for a hot second about the intersection of racism and sexual abuse. Y'all ain't think I FORGOT, did you? All this last week we saw countless story,

Aisha Fayyazi Sarwari

AishaFSarwari

In my recent experience with a sexual assault case where I supported a survivor, I learned a few things I’d like to share. It’s not that difficult to do things

Leo Gertner

grtnrr

In law school, we had to complete a "substantial writing" of 10k words to graduate. Mine was about police union contracts & the use of force. I wrote it in

A.R. (Actually Republic) Moxon

JuliusGoat

2016Leftist Larry: Trump's a fascist. If he wins, expect secret policeReasonable Rick: Don't be so hysterical. Our system's strong2020Larry: There literally are secret police nowRick: Oh I assume there's a

AAMS

CultIcon

Time for some more shouting into the void on this Will Ospreay/Pollyanna/Dave Meltzer thing because quite frankly I need to put all the facts, as I'm aware of them, together

Mike Gibbs🏳️‍🌈

Mikeggibbs

You may not remember or didn't see this clip. After Doctor Henry's moment of emotion during a briefing near the beginning of the crisis, a reporter asked her (very respectfully)

Absurdistwords

absurdistwords

Clear Language on Slavery:Slaves = HostagesSlave Owners = Human TraffickersSlave Catchers = PolicePlantations = Death CampsMistresses = Rape VictimsDiscipline = Torture/MurderOverseers = TorturersTrading = KidnappingProfit = TheftMiddle Pas

rabia O'chaudry

rabiasquared

I worked in CVE (countering violent extremism) during the Obama era, during which time many of us urged DHS, NCTC, DOJ, and the NSC to pay attention to the rise

Alex 🤕 Sammon

alex_sammon

NEW: a fight is brewing amongst House Democrats for the Foreign Affairs Committee chair ahead of tomorrow's vote, where Gregory Meeks’s expected cakewalk to the position is being upended by

forwomen.scot

ForwomenScot

.@liamkerrMSP highlights that concerns do not just relate to freedom of speech, incl the burden on the committee to get through so many responses in a short time. With such

Lindsay Broadwell 🏳️‍🌈

LindsayPB

I'm getting sick of perfect victim narratives. Besides being emotionally manipulative - look at this cherubic little angel who's abused by a cartoonishly evil malefactor and cry! CRY! - it

Matt Cameron

matt_cam

How different would the discourse around our undocumented population be if every American had even a superficial understanding of the immiseration & death their country had brought to Central America

Jackie ✨

find_evil

EXPLAINER THREAD1. BlueLeaks is a large dataset stolen from a centralized commercial IT company who serves local law enforcement in various US jurisdictions. #Infosec#Anonymous#Censorship#PoliceBrutality#PoliceReform#BlackLivesMatter More a

Covid-19 RIP

covid19rip1

As often as I can, I retweet memorial posts written by friends or family of those who died. These are the voices I most want to elevate, so their stories

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